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> From: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> > Date: October 12, 2010 10:37:35 AM GMT+02:00 > To: "Fitzell, Julian" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] License question > > On 10/12/2010 10:00 AM, Fitzell, Julian wrote: >> Are you sure? I've heard opinions expressed that looking at a library >> and copying the API might constitute a derivative work. > > It's tricky terrain, but the FSF itself did it multiple times with its > "provide a free replacement for a non-free package" policy. It's one of the > few areas in which you'll hear me saying their evaluation criteria is biased > ("if you use this to make a free derivative it's fine, if you use this to > make a non-copyleft derivative it's not"). > > However, in this case it doesn't apply. What I suggested is to copy the API > of an existing non-copyleft package (Didier Besset's numerical methods) and > use it in the GPL'd bindings that BSchwab (I think) wrote for GSL. > > Paolo _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
